List of largest libraries

This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that, as measured in 2008 or subsequently, store 15 million or more items.

Largest libraries in the world

Name Country Location Catalogued size (number of items) Visitors per year Budget Staff
British Library  United Kingdom London & Boston Spa 150 - 200 million[1][2][3]
 1.75 million[4] £141 million[5] 1977[5]
Library of Congress  United States Washington D.C. 164 million+[6] 1.8 million[7] US$642.04 million[7] 3149[7]
New York Public Library  United States New York 55 million[8] 18 million[8] US$250 million[8] 3000[8]
Library and Archives Canada  Canada Ottawa 54 million[9] C$116.9 million[10] 874[10]
Russian State Library  Russia Moscow 44.4 million[11] 1.17 million[11] 1.64 billion RUB[11] 1972[11]
National Diet Library  Japan Tokyo and Kyoto 41.88 million[12] 654,000[12] ¥21.8 billion[12] 908[12]
Bibliothèque nationale de France  France Paris 40 million[13] 1.3 million[14] €254 million[15] 2668[16]
National Library of Russia  Russia Saint Petersburg 36.5 million[17] 1 million[17]
National Library of China  China Beijing 36.4 million[18] 5.2 million[19] 1365[19]
Royal Library  Denmark Copenhagen 35.4 million+[20] 1.25 million[20] 385.9 million DKK[21] 492.5 (610 in total)[21]
Biblioteca Nacional de España  Spain Madrid 33.1 million[22] €29.2 million[23] 482[23]
German National Library  Germany Leipzig and Frankfurt 34.2 million[24] 180,283[24] €52.4 million[24] 640[24]
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences  Russia Saint Petersburg 26.5 million[25]
Berlin State Library  Germany Berlin 23.4 million[26] 1.4 million[26]
Boston Public Library  United States Boston, Massachusetts 22.4 million[27] US$38.9 million[28]
New York State Library  United States Albany, New York 20 million[29]
Harvard Library  United States Cambridge, Massachusetts 18.9 million[30] 922[30]
National Library of Sweden  Sweden Stockholm 18 million[31] 364.5 million SEK[32]
Yale Library  United States New Haven, Connecticut 15.2 million[33]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine  Ukraine Kiev 15 million[34] 500,000[34] 50.3 million ₴[35] 900[34]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wight, Colin. "Facts and figures". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "BL Tender" (PDF). www.bl.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "BL Exhibition Notes". www.bl.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "The British Library Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 - Performance". 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  5. 1 2 "The British Library Annual Accounts 2008/09" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  6. ↑ "General information". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  7. 1 2 3 "General Information - About the Library (Library of Congress)". 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "The New York Public Library's 2009 Annual Report" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  9. ↑ "About the Collection - Library and Archives Canada". 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  10. 1 2 "Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) 2016–17: Planned expenditures". Library and Archives Canada. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "НАСТОЯЩЕЕ / Интересные факты в цифрах / Краткая статистическая справка (по состоянию на 01.01.2012)". 1 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "National Diet Library Statistics". 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
  13. ↑ "BnF - ABC of the collections: N for Numerous". 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  14. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Publics" (in French). 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  15. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Budget" (in French). 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  16. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Personnels" (in French). 23 December 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  17. 1 2 "Российская национальная библиотека: Статистические данные за 2005 - 2009 гг". 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  18. ↑ "馆藏实体资源一览" [List of Physical Resources at a Glance] (in Chinese). 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  19. 1 2 "ANNUAL REPORT TO CDNL 2010" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  20. 1 2 "Årsberetning 2015 (Annual Report 2015)" (PDF) (in Danish). 2015. pp. 9 & 174. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  21. 1 2 "SUMMARY 2009 (doc)". 2009. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  22. ↑ "Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  23. 1 2 "Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  24. 1 2 3 4 Annual Report 2017 (in German). Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. 2018.
  25. ↑ "Единый фонд системы Библиотеки Российской Академии наук - главный информационный ресурс". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  26. 1 2 "Zahlen und Fakten Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin" (in German). 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  27. ↑ "The Boston Public Library. An Overview: 2010" (PDF). 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  28. ↑ "BPL - Community". 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  29. ↑ "About the New York State Library". 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  30. 1 2 "Harvard Library Annual Report FY2013". 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  31. ↑ "Our Collections - Kungliga biblioteket". Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  32. ↑ "Kungl. bibliotekets årsredovisning 2015" (PDF). National Library of Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  33. ↑ "Yale University Library FAQ FY2017". 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  34. 1 2 3 "О Национальной библиотеке Украины имени В.И. Вернадского, Киев". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  35. ↑ "Про Державний бюджет України на 2010 рік| від 27.04.2010 № 2154-VI (Стор. 16 з 28)" (in Ukrainian). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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